Tag: Wild Wild Country
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Forget the Duffers — Chapman and Maclain Way Are the Brothers to Watch on Netflix
Brothers Chapman and Maclain Way, the sons of screenwriter Rick Way, grandsons of actor Bing Russell, and nephews to Kurt Russell (that one you know), have some obvious Hollywood pedigree. They also have a Primetime Emmy for 2018’s “Wild Wild Country” and Sundance status for 2014’s “The Battered Bastards of Baseball,” both of which were…
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‘How To Become A Cult Leader’ Trailer: New Doc Series About Megalomaniac Leaders And Their Flocks Hits Netflix On July 28
Netflix already has some great docs about cults and their leaders, including “Wild Wild Country” and “Keep Sweet: Pray And Obey.” But now, the streamer takes a more tongue-in-cheek approach to megalomaniacal leaders and their flocks in a new six-part series: “How To Become A Cult Leader.”Read More: The 70 Most Anticipated TV Shows &…
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“Making These Documentaries Is Like a Wild Goose Chase All Over the Globe”: Chapman and Maclain Way on Untold Volume 2
Now in its second season, Untold—the Netflix documentary series executive produced by brothers Chapman and Maclain Way (Wild Wild Country)—continues to offer an intriguing selection of sports-centered stories. From covering the world’s most successful female boxer to the infamous “Malice at the Palace” brawl, Volume 1 of the series became popular for choosing to tell…
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‘Searching for Sheela’ Trailer: Netflix Doc on ‘Wild Wild Country’ Guru’s Right Hand Woman
Netflix released the first official trailer for “Searching for Sheela,” a short feature film follow-up to its smash hit docuseries “Wild Wild Country,” about the controversial Oregon Rajneesh cult and its spiritual leader, Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The film follows the enigmatic cult leader’s right hand woman, known as Ma Anand Sheela, an intensely…
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‘Minding The Gap’ Wins Three Ida Documentary Awards
Rookie filmmaker Bing Liu’s “Minding The Gap” beat out the competition to win top honors at the 34th Annual Ida Documentary Awards at the Paramount Theatre on Saturday night. The portrait of a group of skateboarders took home Best Feature, Emerging Filmmaker and Best Editing. Liu had accepted a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Filmmaking…
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‘Minding the Gap’ Wins Top Award From International Documentary Association
Bing Liu’s skateboarding movie “Minding The Gap” has won the International Documentary Association’s award for top feature of 2018.Floyd Russ’s “Zion” was awarded best short. Netflix’s “Wild Wild Country” won for best limited series and HBO’s “John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls” took the ABC News VideoSource Award. PBS’ “Pov” won for best curated…
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‘Wild Wild Country’: Mark Duplass and Filmmakers On Sheela’s Regrets, and If She’s a Psychopath — Turn It On Podcast
Mark Duplass admits that he can identify a bit with Ma Anand Sheela, the focus of Netflix’s buzzworthy docuseries “Wild Wild Country.”The personal secretary to cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Sheela didn’t initially come to Oregon in the early 1980s to cause trouble. But after her attempts to build Rajneeshpuram — a multi-million dollar utopia…
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‘Wild Wild Country’ Faq: Everything You Need to Know About Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, the Oregon-Based Cult Leader
A meditation expert, “Osho,” and sex guru, Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s presence radiates in “Wild Wild Country.”Sex parties, wild dancing, red-clad followers, and a questionable salmonella outbreak are just scratching the surface of Netflix’s latest docuseries. To explain what to expect before diving into the show, we have prepared the following guide on its enigmatic subject.So…
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‘Wild Wild Country’ Documentary Filmmaking Brothers Sign With UTA
Exclusive: Documentary filmmaking brothers Chapman Way and Maclain Way, who most recently produced and directed the six-part, Netflix docu-series Wild Wild Country, has signed with UTA in all areas. The brothers’ Wild Wild Country took place in the 1980s and followed Indian guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and his spiritual religious cult as they inhabited a…
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‘Wild Wild Country’: Forget the Guru — Sheela Is the Netflix Doc’s Most Fascinating and Infuriating Figure
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers — a.k.a. facts — in regard to “Wild Wild Country.”]“I guess you could say the problem started when Sheela got here.”Meet Ma Anand Sheela: the “problem” at the center of “Wild Wild Country.” Though given the inauspicious first impression above by local Oregonian rancher Jon Bowerman, Sheela soon…